Biotechnology of Bioactive Compounds

List of contributors ix Foreword xvii Preface xix Section I: Bioactive compounds from diverse plant microbial and marine sources 1 Bioactive compounds from vegetable and fruit by-products 3 B. De Ancos C. Colina-Coca D. González-Pena and C. Sánchez-Moreno 2 Bioactive compounds in fresh-cut fruits: Occurrence and impact of processing and cold storage 37 María Elida Pirovani Andrea Marcela Piagentini and Franco Van de Velde 3 Pressurized hot water extraction of polyphenols from plant material 63 José Rodrigo Vergara-Salinas José Cuevas-Valenzuela and José R. Pérez-Correa 4 Bioactive compounds in cereals: Technological and nutritional properties 103 Bart³omiej Makowski Justyna Rosicka-Kaczmarek and Ewa Nebesny 5 Antimicrobials from medicinal plants: Research initiatives challenges and the future prospects 123 Anita Pandey and Vasudha Agnihotri 6 Coccoloba uvifera as a source of components with antioxidant activity 151 Maira Segura Campos Jorge Ruiz Ruiz Luis Chel Guerrero and David Betancur Ancona 7 Bioactive compounds and medical significance of some endangered medicinal plants from the Western Ghats region of India 163 Manoharan Melvin Joe Abitha Benson Muniappan Ayyanar and Tongmin Sa 8 Fungal bioactive compounds: An overview 195 Gerardo Díaz-Godínez 9 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Association and production of bioactive compounds in plants 225 Marcela C. Pagano and Partha P. Dhar 10 Extremophiles as source of novel bioactive compounds with industrial potential 245 Mohamed Neifar Sameh Maktouf Raoudha Ellouze Ghorbel Atef Jaouani and Ameur Cherif 11 New trends in microbial production of natural complex bioactive isoprenoids 269 Rama Raju Baadhe Ravichandra Potumarthi Naveen Kumar Mekala and Vijai K. Gupta 12 Production of c-phycocyanin and its potential applications 283 Mohammed Kuddus Poonam Singh George Thomas and Athar Ali Section II: Chemistry biotechnology and industrial relevance 13 Glycosides: From biosynthesis to biological activity toward therapeutic application 303 Maria Henriques L. Ribeiro 14 Trehalose mimics as bioactive compounds 345 Davide Bini Antonella Sgambato Luca Gabrielli Laura Russo and Laura Cipolla 15 Virtual screening and prediction of the molecular mechanism of bioactive compounds in silico 371 Bashir A. Akhoon Krishna P. Singh Madhumita Karmakar Suchi Smita Rakesh Pandey and Shailendra K. Gupta 16 Steroids in natural matrices: Chemical features and bioactive properties 395 Joao C.M. Barreira and Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira 17 Bioactive compounds obtained through biotechnology 433 Gustavo Molina Franciele M. Pelissari Marina G. Pessoa and Gláucia M. Pastore 18 Metabolic engineering of bioactive compounds in berries 463 Ivayla Dincheva Ilian Badjakov and Violeta Kondakova 19 Food-derived multifunctional bioactive proteins and peptides: Sources and production 483 Dominic Agyei Ravichandra Potumarthi and Michael K. Danquah 20 Food-derived multifunctional bioactive proteins and peptides: Applications and recent advances 507 Dominic Agyei Ravichandra Potumarthi and Michael K. Danquah Section III: Biochemistry and nutraceutical or health-related applications 21 An overview of the molecular and cellular interactions of some bioactive compounds 527 Amro Abd Al Fattah Amara 22 Bioactive compounds as growth factors and 3D matrix materials in stem cell research 555 Naveen Kumar Mekala Rama Raju Baadhe and Ravichandra Potumarthi 23 Phytosterols: Biological effects and mechanisms of hypocholesterolemic action 565 Rafaela da Silva Marineli Cibele Priscila Busch Furlan Anne y Castro Marques Juliano Bicas Gláucia Maria Pastore and Mário Roberto Maróstica Jr. 24 Overview of the role of food bioactive compounds as complementary therapy for celiac disease 583 Antonio Cilla Laia Alemany Juan Antonio Giménez and José Moisés Laparra 25 Bioactive lipid components from ruminant milk and meat: The new face of human health 599 Malgorzata Szumacher-Strabel Mohamed El-Sherbiny Adam Cieslak Joanna Szczechowiak and Hanna Winiarska 26 The milk fat globule membrane: A potential source of health-promoting glycans 631 Sarah A. Ross Jonathan A. Lane Michelle Kilcoyne Lokesh Joshi and Rita M. Hickey 27 Seaweed and milk derived bioactive peptides and small molecules in functional foods and cosmeceuticals 669 Maria Hayes Melani García-García Ciarán Fitzgerald and Tomas Lafarga Index 693